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TUBA-FISHING EXPEDITION--THE
CHARM OF PRIMITIVE MAN--INTERESTING
CEREMONIES--ON HEADHUNTING GROUND

CHAPTER X
IN FOG AND DARKNESS--A RAID BY ANTS--DEPARTURE
FROM LONG PELABAN--AN EXCITING PASSAGE--RETURN TO
TAND-JONG SELOR

CHAPTER XI
DEPARTURE FOR BANDJERMASIN--A PLEASANT STEAMSHIP
LINE--TWO HEAD-HUNTERS-- AN EXPEDITION TO LAKE
SEMBULO--SAMPIT--THE ORANG-UTAN--STORMY
WEATHER--A DISAGREEABLE RECEPTION

CHAPTER XII
THE WAR CHANGES MY PLANS--CHOLERA--UP THE GREAT
BARITO RIVER--PURUK TJAHU--DECIDE TO STAY AMONG
THE MURUNGS--A DANCING FEAST

CHAPTER XIII
DAYAK CURE OF DISEASE-EVIL SPIRITS AND
GOOD--ANIMISM--BLIANS, THE PRIEST-DOCTORS--THE
FEAST OF RUBBER-GATHERERS--WEDDINGS--IN PRIMITIVE
SURROUNDINGS

CHAPTER XIV
THE SCALY ANT-EATER--THE PORCUPINE--THE

BLOW-PIPE--AN UNUSUAL ADVENTURE WITH A
SNAKE--HABITS AND CUSTOMS OF THE MURUNGS--AN
UNPLEASANT AFFAIR

CHAPTER XV
FINAL START FOR CENTRAL BORNEO--CHRISTMAS
TIME--EXTENT OF MALAY INFLUENCE--THE FLOWERS OF
EQUATORIAL REGIONS--AT AN OT-DANUM KAMPONG--THE
PICTURESQUE KIHAMS, OR RAPIDS--FORMIDABLE
OBSTACLES TO TRAVEL--MALAYS ON STRIKE

CHAPTER XVI
ARRIVAL AT BAHANDANG--ON THE EQUATOR--A
STARTLING ROBBERY--OUR MOST LABORIOUS
JOURNEY--HORNBILLS--THE SNAKE AND THE INTREPID
PENYAHBONG--ARRIVAL AT TAMALOË

CHAPTER XVII
THE PENYAHBONGS, MEN OF THE WOODS--RHINOCEROS
HUNTERS--CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
PENYAHBONGS--EASY HOUSEKEEPING--DAILY
LIFE--WOMAN'S LOT

CHAPTER XVIII
A STRANGE MAMMAL--ANIMAL LIFE IN CENTRAL
BORNEO--A SUPERB AND SILENT REALM--VISIT TO A SALT

WATER EXUDATION--PASSING THE DIVIDING RIDGE--A
MOUSE-DEER CHASE--ON THE KASAO RIVER

CHAPTER XIX
THE SAPUTANS--HOW THE EARS OF THE CHIEF WERE
PIERCED--AN UNEXPECTED ATTACK OF
FILARIASIS--DEPARTURE FROM THE SAPUTANS--DOWN THE
KASAO RIVER--"TOBOGGANING" THE KIHAMS

CHAPTER XX
ARRIVAL ON THE MAHAKAM RIVER--AMONG THE
PENIHINGS--LONG KAI, A PLEASANT PLACE--A BLIAN'S
SHIELD--PUNANS AND BUKATS, SIMPLE-MINDED
NOMADS--EXTREME PENALTY FOR
UNFAITHFULNESS--LONG TJEHAN

CHAPTER XXI
AN EXCURSION DOWN THE RIVER--LONG PAHANGEI--THE
OMASULINGS--THE GREAT TRIENNIAL
FESTIVAL--HOSPITABLE NATIVES--INCIDENTS IN
PHOTOGRAPHY

CHAPTER XXII
DAYAK DOGS--A FUNERAL ON THE MAHAKAM--OUR
RETURN JOURNEY--AGAIN AT LONG TJEHAN--IN SEARCH OF
A UNIQUE ORCHID--A BURIAL CAVE

CHAPTER XXIII
A PROFITABLE STAY--MAGNIFICENT FRUITS OF
BORNEO--OMEN BIRDS--THE PENIHINGS IN DAILY LIFE--TOP
PLAYING--RELIGIOUS IDEAS--CURING DISEASE

CHAPTER XXIV
HEAD-HUNTING, ITS PRACTICE AND PURPOSE

CHAPTER XXV
DEPARTURE FROM THE PENIHINGS--FRUIT-EATING
FISH--ANOTHER CALL AT LONG PAHANGEI--A TRIP UP THE
MERASI RIVER--GENIAL NATIVES--AN INOPPORTUNE
VISIT--THE DURIAN, QUEEN OF ALL FRUITS

CHAPTER XXVI
AMONG THE LONG-GLATS--IS FEAR OF EXPOSURE TO THE
SUN JUSTIFIED?-- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
LONG-GLATS--GOODBYE TO THE MAHAKAM

CHAPTER XXVII
CONTINUING THE JOURNEY DOWN THE RIVER--GREAT
KIHAMS--BATOKELAU--AT LONG IRAM--LAST STAGES OF

OUR JOURNEY--ARRIVAL AT SAMARINDA--HINDU
ANTIQUITIES--NATIVE'S SUPERIORITY TO CIVILISED MAN

CHAPTER XXVIII
AN EARTHQUAKE--ERADICATING THE PLAGUE--THROUGH
THE COUNTRY NORTHEAST OF
BANDJERMASIN--MARTAPURA AND ITS
DIAMOND-FIELDS--PENGARON--THE GIANT PIG--THE
BUKITS--WELL-PRESERVED DECORATIVE DESIGNS--AN
ATTRACTIVE FAMILY

CHAPTER XXIX
THE BALEI OR TEMPLE--A LITTLE KNOWN PART OF THE
COUNTRY--A COURTEOUS MALAY--POWER OVER
ANIMALS--NEGARA.

CHAPTER XXX
AN EXPEDITION TO THE KATINGAN RIVER--TATUING OF
THE ENTIRE BODY--THE GATHERING OF HONEY--A
PLEASANT INTERMEZZO--AN UNUSUALLY ARTISTIC
PRODUCTION--UP THE SAMBA RIVER--WITH INCOMPETENT
BOATMEN

CHAPTER XXXI
AMONG THE DUHOI (OT-DANUMS)--RICH
COLLECTIONS--THE KAPATONGS--THE BATHING OF DAYAK

INFANTS--CHRISTMAS EVE--THE FLYING BOAT--MARRIAGE
CEREMONIES

CHAPTER XXXII
AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS--FACTS ABOUT ULU-OTS, THE
WILD MEN OF BORNEO--TAKING LEAVE OF THE
INTERESTING DUHOI--A VISIT TO THE UPPER
KATINGANS--DANCING--FRIENDLY NATIVES--DOWN THE
KATINGAN RIVER

CHAPTER XXXIII
KASUNGAN--THE WEALTH OF THE
DAYAKS--ANIMISM--GUARDIANS OF THE DEAD--HUGE
SERPENTS--CROCODILES--GOVERNMENT OF DAYS GONE
BY--KATINGAN CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS

CHAPTER XXXIV
FUNERAL CUSTOMS OF THE KATINGANS--DEPARTURE
FROM KASUNGAN--AN ATTEMPTED VISIT TO
SEMBULO--INDIFFERENT MALAYS--A STRANGE
DISEASE--THE BELIEF IN TAILED PEOPLE--THE LEGEND OF
THE ANCESTOR OF TAILED MEN

CHAPTER XXXV
A VISIT TO KUALA KAPUAS--A BREED OF STUMP-TAILED
DOGS--THE SHORT-TAILED CATS OF BORNEO--A SECOND

EXPEDITION TO LAKE SEMBULO--NATIVES UNDISMAYED
BY BERI-BERI--THE TAMOANS--THE PRACTICE OF INCISION
FOLKLORE OF SOME OF THE TRIBES IN DUTCH BORNEO
VISITED BY THE AUTHOR
CONCLUSION
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES TO THE TRIBES IN DUTCH
BORNEO VISITED BY THE AUTHOR
A SHORT GLOSSARY
INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS
Carl Lumholtz in the Bulungan, Dutch Borneo, May, 1914
In the jungle of Southern Borneo, near the Sampit River
The Giant Taro (_Alocasia Macrorhiza_)
The Orang-Utan. A more than half-grown specimen
The Long-Nosed Monkey (_Nasalis Larvatus_), peculiar to Borneo
The Sultan of Bulungan
Chonggat, the author's Dayak collector of animals and birds
Approaching Kaburau, on the Kayan River
Banglan, a Kayan, and his family. Kaburau
Ladders, below Long Pangian, on the Kayan River
Young Kayan, from Kaburau
Kayan, from Kaburau. Shows a Chinese manner of hair-dressing
Kayan from Kaburau. Showing the distended ear lobes
Kayan child, Kaburau
Kayan mother and infant. Near Long Pangian
Punans, the shy nomads of the jungle
Punans near my camp
Punan using the sumpitan or blowpipe
Kayan climbing a tree
Kayan at the author's camp, blowing a native wind instrument

The King Cobra (_Naia Bungarus_)
Young Orang-Utans
Kayan, from Kaburau. Front, side, and back views
Kayan, in mourning dress, Kaburau
Kenyah, from Long Pelaban. Front, side, and back views
Tuba fishing on the Isau River
Tuba fishing. Taking the augury by fire-making. Isau River
Tuba fishing. Effects of the poison. Pipa River
Kenyahs starting in the morning for distant Apo Kayan. Long Pangian,
Kayan River
A funeral house. Near Long Pelaban, Kayan River
Long Pelaban, a Kenyah kampong, on the Kayan River
The gallery of a communal house,